This article describes the political and social causes of the Gezi Uprising in Turkey, providing a portrayal of the recent history of the country. The article analyzes the unfolding of accumulated grievances and resulting grassroots struggles in Turkey during the last year preceding the Gezi Uprising. Then, the article employs the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy as a mechanism that transformed and united various struggles into a single nationwide uprising. The second half of the article compares the protests in Turkey and Brazil, placing the differences and similarities into a broader political and historical context.
Turkey; Gezi upsrising; Akp; Self-fulfilling prophecy